Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वाच्यावाच्ये हि कुपितो न प्रजानाति कहिचित्‌ । नाकार्यमस्ति क्रुद्धस्य नावाच्यं विद्यते तथा,क्रोधी मनुष्य कभी यह नहीं समझ पाता कि क्‍या कहना चाहिये और क्‍या नहीं। क्रोधीके लिये कुछ भी अकार्य अथवा अवाच्य नहीं है

Transliteration

vācyāvācye hi kupito na prajānāti karhi cit | nākāryam asti kruddhasya nāvācyaṁ vidyate tathā ||

Translation

Orang yang diliputi amarah sama sekali tidak mampu membedakan apa yang patut diucapkan dan apa yang tidak. Bagi yang murka, tiada perbuatan yang tersisa sebagai ‘tak boleh dilakukan’, dan tiada pula kata yang tersisa sebagai ‘tak boleh diucapkan’.

Word by Word

वाच्यावाच्येin (matters of) what should be said and what should not be said

हिindeed/for

कुपितःenraged/angered

नnot

प्रजानातिknows/understands

कदाचित्ever/at any time

नnot

अकार्यंa thing not to be done/forbidden act

अस्तिis/exists

क्रुद्धस्यof an angry person

नnot

अवाच्यंa thing not to be said/unspeakable thing

विद्यतेis found/exists

तथाthus/likewise

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger destroys discernment (viveka) about right speech and right action; when one is enraged, moral boundaries collapse, leading to harmful words and wrongful deeds. The verse urges restraint and clarity before speaking or acting.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vana Parva’s ethical discourse, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the dangers of anger, emphasizing how it makes a person lose judgment about what is appropriate to say or do—an admonition relevant to maintaining dharma amid hardship.